Handballexercises for u16

  • Two rows, left and right one ball.
    • Make a threat
    • Play the ball
    • Tap the goalpost
    • Step out to the centre pilon
    • Run back to left pilon
    • Forward to middle 
    • Back to right pilon.
  • Then join another row at the back.



drawing touching the post and stepping out
  • Divide over left & right with one ball
  • Each time you cross over
    • Sprinting to the pole 
    • Connect at the back of the row 
drawing cross-change
  • Bring the ball to the other side in pairs and score.
  • Red brings the ball to the other side and tries to score.
  • Start in pairs from the back line.
  • At the moment red tries to score a goal, green is allowed to start to score a break-out at the other side as well.
  • Red then defends back.
  • When green has taken a chance they have to go back to defend the other two red players. 
  • These of course start when green has taken a goal attempt. 
  • This exercise can continue in current form because the players keep coming back on their own side. 
  • You can do this on time (which group has scored the most goals?) or you can set a limit to a number of goals scored.
  • Two small playing fields of about 1/8 of a handball court.
  • All participants in one of the fields.
  • Play the ball over continuously.
  • The ball must not touch the ground.
  • Participants must keep moving (dribbling).
  • "Break" is called at unexpected moments;
  • Then, all participants sprint to another field.
  • Player with ball throws ball to other field and then sprints to other field.
  • Game continues.
drawing Playing over game
  • All players divide themselves over the left and right corner (in pairs)
  • The trainer shouts and at that moment the players on their own side sprint around the pilon.
  • Once around the pilon, one of the two gets the ball and goes towards the goal.
  • First, without a defender, then one defender and then two defenders
drawing Counter
  • Each striker has one ball and there is one defender defending a mat
  • The striker passes the ball to the passing point and gets the ball back.
  • From here the attacker makes a passing move: pull over, dragging, mock pass, nillpass, land on 1 leg following with the body
  • The attacker has to push the ball onto the mat, when you've done it you walk through the ladder
drawing Passing movements & defending